女じょ中ちゅう部屋べや

noun

maids' room; female servants' bedroom

Historical term referring to a room in a traditional Japanese household where live-in female servants (女中) slept or stayed. Not used for modern domestic helpers.

• 昔むかしの大おおきな家いえには、女じょ中ちゅう部べ屋やがあった。

  In old large houses, there was a maids' room.